Decoy

They are in a box-and-one. Four defenders stand in a box and one chases 2 everywhere. Coach calls "Decoy". 1 has the ball up top.

• 1Pass to 3 on the left wing, then cut through to the left corner.The box has to shift to the ball. Your cut puts two of you on one side of it.
• 2Stay low on the right side and wait.Your defender goes where you go. Keep them far from the ball for now.
• 3Catch on the left wing and face up.Make the top defender come out to you. That opens the corner behind them.
• 4Fill the top as 1 cuts through.You are the safety and the pass back.
• 5Hold the high post with your hands up.You stand in the middle of the box. The top defenders have to watch you.

Next: 2 screens the box

3 has the ball on the left wing and 1 is in the left corner. The low-left defender is ready to run out to the corner.

• 1Wait in the left corner with your hands ready.The screen is coming for you. Be set to shoot.
• 2Run the baseline and screen the low-left defender.Pin them in the lane so they can't get out to 1. Your defender follows you, so nobody else can help.
• 3Wait for the screen, then pass to 1 in the left corner.Once the low defender is pinned, nobody can get out to 1.
• 4Stay at the top as the safety.Always one back. You are also the pass back.
• 5Hold the high post.You keep a top defender in the middle, away from the corner.

Then the defence shows one of 3 looks: Read: the low defender is pinned (50%), Read: the chaser leaves 2 (25%), Read: the top defender runs down (25%).

1 catches in the left corner. The low-left defender is stuck behind 2, and the defender chasing 2 stays on them.

• 1Catch and shoot the corner three.Nobody can get to you. This is the shot the play is for.
• 2Hold the screen until the shot is up.You keep two defenders away from the shooter. Then go get the rebound.
• 3Hold the wing, then get back.4 is the safety. You are the second one back.
• 4Get back as the safety.The shot is going up. Someone has to stop the fast break.
• 5Crash from the high post for the rebound.Corner shots miss long. Get inside position.

Corner three for 1. The decoy set the screen.

1 catches in the left corner. The defender chasing 2 jumps out at 1. For one second nobody is guarding 2.

• 1Pass to 2 slipping to the rim.Their defender left them to get to you. Give it to them now.
• 2Slip to the rim with your hands up.Your defender left you. This is your one clean catch.
• 3Stay wide on the left wing.You keep the top defender out of the lane.
• 4Stay at the top as the safety.Always one back.
• 5Hold the high post.You keep a top defender up high, away from the rim.

Layup for 2. The chaser left them for one second.

1 catches in the left corner. The top-left defender runs down from the wing to get to them. Nobody is with 3 on the left wing.

• 1Pass back to 3 on the left wing.The top defender ran all the way down to you. 3 is open.
• 2Hold the screen, then crash on the shot.Keep the low defender pinned so they can't help.
• 3Show your hands on the left wing, catch and shoot.Your defender ran to the corner. Shoot before the box shifts back.
• 4Stay at the top, then get back.Always one back.
• 5Hold the high post, then crash on the shot.You keep a top defender in the middle, away from 3.

Open three for 3 on the left wing.